THE HOT CORNER

PRO HOCKEY:

The chairman of the Nashville Predators has agreed to sell the majority of his stake in the NHL team to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. The Predators announced the agreement Friday. No details of the purchase price were disclosed for a franchise valued recently at $680 million by Sportico. Haslam’s brother Jimmy owns the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and the MLS’ Columbus Crew.

PRO BASEBALL:

A statue honoring Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax was to be unveiled at Dodger Stadium before Los Angeles hosted Cleveland on Saturday night. The 86-yearold Koufax was expected at the ceremony. This will be the second commemorative statue at the ballpark, joining the one that honors Jackie Robinson. Koufax won three Cy Young awards and was 165-87 from 1955-66 with Brooklyn and Los Angeles.

PRO BASEBALL:

Mets pitcher Tylor Megill won’t throw for four weeks because of a strained right shoulder. Megill was put on the injured list for the second time this season Friday, a day after he started against Milwaukee. The NL East leaders already had aces Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer out with injuries.

PRO BASKETBALL:

The Milwaukee Bucks said Grayson Allen has undergone a “little procedure” on his left ring finger to deal with an injury that was bothering the 26-year-old guard during the season. Allen averaged 11.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 27.3 minutes his first season with the Bucks, all career highs.

OBITUARY:

Joseph J. Vecchione, whose tenure as sports editor of The New York Times included columnist Dave Anderson’s Pulitzer Prize and the hiring of William C. Rhoden to become among the earliest Black columnists at a major metropolitan newspaper in the U.S., died Friday. He was 85.